Improvement in milk-cans



G. A. HGGI'NS.

MILK CAN.

No. 79,907. Patented July 14, 1868.

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UNITED STATES ATENT OFFICE.

GEO. A. HUGGINS, OF MANNSVILLE, NEV'YORK, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF -AND H. W.SHEPARD, OF SAMEPLACE.

.IMPROVEMENT IN vMILK-CANS.

Specification forming part of LettersPatent lNo. 79,907, dated July 14,1868.

' To all whom t may concern,.-

- Beit known that I, GEORGE A. VHUGGINs, of Mannsville, county ofJefferson, and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Metallic Cans for Carrying Milk and for other purposes;and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, ref- 'erence being jhad to the accompanyingdrawr ings and the letters of reference marked thereon, making part ofthis specification, in which- Figure 1 is a view of the bottom piece onthe Fig. 2 is a view of the bottom piece Vfrom the outside. Fig. 3 is avertical section through the middle.

The object of my invention is to provide solid metallicbottoms formilk-cans and such cans as are used for various liquids which are to behandled very frequently, and are used principally inconveying milk fromthe dairy to the market; but I do not confine my invention to Jthatparticular, as the cansmay be used for conveying and containing oils andother liquids.' ,In the usual method of constructing milkcans thebottoms are of the same material as ,the sides, and which, for economy,are of tin.

The lower hoops are made strong; butas these cans are As ubjected torough handling they soon become so much damaged as to be constantly in'a leaky. condition, which causes much loss, and is besides the constantsource of expense and annoyance in repairs.

y"In my invention lI V'provide solid bottoms,

which are of one piece of casting, and by the peculiar shape the weightof the can is so ar should be soldered also, and when thus fixed noamountl of rough handling can possibly jar.

the soldering apart, asthe rivets keep the two metals firmly together.The bottom being made hollow underneath, and the base at b beingvconsiderably largerthan the ltop of the rim at b, gives morestabilityto the whole can, and the weight of the bottom piece being somuch more than the upper cylinder it will require extraordinary force tooverturn it.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention,I willnow proceed to describe its construction and operation.

A is the side of the can; B, the cast bottom piece; b, thetop lof' therim; vb,the bottom of the rim; c, the recess on theinuer side, which maybe plain, corrugated, or tinted; cf, the recess on the upper side orinside of the can, having correspondingiiutings or corrugations; d, therivets to hold the cylinder to the bottom piece.

It will be observed that by my arrangement oi' V-shaped groove in thebottom I am en-` abled, by means of rivets and solder, to securelyatt-ach the same to the body of the can, entirely dispensing with theouter anxiliarylioop now i generally used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim therein as new,and desire to 'secure by Letters Patent of the United States, 1s-

The sheet-metal body A and cast or malleable bottoni B, when the latteris grcoved as to form a seat for the former, and at thc same time,furnish an outer rim for the prol teetion of its lower edge, when thesame are combined and attached substantially as described, as and .forthe purpose specified.

In testimonywhereof I have signediny naine to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses. r

GEO. A. llU(GlNS.

Witnesses:

I). G. BULKLEY, S. J. HAM.

